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How to make mandala offerings

How to make mandala offerings

A talk given at Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle, Washington, on June 22, 1994.

  • Purpose of the mandala offering
  • How to build a mandala

Mandala offering 01 (download)

A partial transcript of this teaching can be found here.

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.